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Today a few hundred First Class wickets will get a spin bowler a good run in his national team, but it hasn’t always been like that.

Gareth Bland recalls the final Test match in the career of England fast bowler Bob Willis, where the Warwickshire legend’s bowling was destroyed by West Indies’ number 9 Michael Holding.

A decade after it was launched, David Mutton looks at the brief but eventful history of the shortest format.

George Lohmann’s Test bowling average is significantly lower than every other bowler – but was he so dominant as to have been ‘Bradmanesque’?

The ICC Champions Trophy has been described as a tournament without context but over the years we have witnessed some classics. With a day to go before the final edition here are six of the best games from past tournaments.

Ewen looks at England’s recent performance against New Zealand and asks, where do they go from here?

As his grandson faces a struggle to keep his Test place Martin looks back at the life and times of a man who was never dropped by England

In this feature David Taylor looks back ten years to the summer of 2003, when England’s selectors showed an uncharacteristic sense of adventure.

Dave Wilson takes a look at the ICC Player Ratings as a means of identifying the greatest ever batsmen.

In this feature Martin remembers a childhood favourite, former Surrey and England batsman John Edrich.